Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-14
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was begun-5l cents barrel.
DURING ~ecant shower at Rockport. Ind.
$40 live catfish. from o inches long, fell to
the ground. They were gathered and many
OF them eaten.
A NEWARK, n. j., belle, who was trpped
up while dancing at a ball couple of weeks
ago, is diving from the result of the accident,
by which her spine was injured.
CARROLL COUNTY, ILL.,, is having a great
temperance revival, Over 1850 have signed
the pledge. The banner town is savanna,
| Where there are over 900 Converts.
JAMES TAYLOR, while digging well on his
farm near Excelsior Wis, found in a bed Of
| gravel 20 feet balow the surface lot of beau
tllul amethysts, anu one very. large and
| valuable ruby.
AFTER welded life of Il years, Mrs. Mary
Schroeder of Bloomington, H., has applied
| Tor a separation from her husband, Herman
| schroeder. Her father was Adjutant on Blu
| cher's staff at Waterloo.
A TROY, N. Y, collar manufacturer. who
died few days ago, directed BY will that no
| Grape should be used in connection with his
| death. no services held at his funeral, and
| Ihat MS remains ehOuld be cremated.
The British tar appears to have got himself
disliked in the Balearic isles. During the re-
cent visit of the channel squadron to Port
Mahon, party of men who had been on sh IRE
were attacEed as they embarked and were
assaiied with volleys Of stones, some of which
| lnnlcted serious injuries.
NEW SOCIETY in England is called '"The
Speak no-evll Society" Its members are en-
| joined before speaking evil of any one to ask
| themseIves three questlons-Is it true? Is 1t
| klnd? Is IL necessary? -Four texts from the
| new Testament caring on the subject are
printed at the foot of the membership card.
MAGGIE QUINN. a reputable Young woman
n ffaI con
/ carried to the police station, charged with
| drunkenness, put in cell with other female
| PRISONERS, who. when she became C, ,nsclous
| tainted her with being drunk; and the re-
sun OF all this was that the girl lost her
| reason.
AN AFTER-pINNER speaker in San Francisco
the other day relating he hardshps OF some
| OF the early Caifornians who came by way of
I the isthnus, SAID That the piece de resistance
AT fandma dinner tables was then a saddle
| OF monkeS," dish which hunger might
| recommend, but which consanguinity could
not but deptorc.
| FEW DAYS AGO Mrs. Mary Pitts, of Darcy,
Ark, was bitten by mad dog. A maidstone
was procured and applied to her wounds 1t
| remained upon each some time, and was re-
| pealedly applied. Hope is expressed that
| cure mas been effected. Mrs. Pitts is the
! lOurth person bitten there recently. all of
| Whom nave been treated with maidstone.
FOLLOWING is copy OF a notice posted in
the rooms of a hotel at Huron, Dak.: The
| proprletors would prefer that there should be
| no card playing in the rooms on Sunday; but
| IN case there is, due respect for the feelings
ana comfort of the other guests of the house
demands that it be done with osed doors and
| tran-oms and without bolsterousness or loud
nOlse."
NEW ORLEANS parrot was very much an
! noyed by two doves that, as soon as she
stepped out OF her cage, rushed in and ate up
all The food there. One day, after apparent
p oiound thought, the parrot stepped out Of
tne cage, and then turned and with great care
nut the door after her. The squawk OF tr
umph she then gave showed That she knew
she had done vel.
On the Mississippi river, between Memphis
and Arkansas City, where hundreds Of men
are working on the levees, murders are be-
coming very prevalent. The laborers are
raid weekly, and it is said that a gang n,
back river thieves and robbers lay In wait
| for men with money and Hi them for it,
| twenty murders have been committed this
winter, a majority OF the victims being
Italians.
MANY stories are current, says the Chris
| tan Leader, illustrating Tennyson's peculiar
gruhness of manner. The latest tells how he
was at garden party. and somebody offered
hlm sand ich. He was labUrIously MUNICH
ing TINS when the hostess rushed up with
anxious inquiries about his health and enter
a.. i
am eating a sandwich. Are your sand witches
, usually made of Old boots?"
WHEN Ado'phus Tanner, a we'll tot do Bal
tlmorean, attempted to commit suicide be-
cause he thought his wife had deserted him.
he performed The lb with scrupulous exa,t-
ness. Closing up every crevice in the room,
ne took Oh all the gas fixtures, 30 that the out
now OF gas would be uninterrupted. Then he
lay down on his bed a al buried HIS face in two
| sponges saturated with alcoho. The doctors
nau no trouble In agreeing upon his condition
wnen he was found
YOUNG MAN of Carbonate, Oak. thought
| that he'd be smart and 80 began a correspond
ence with foolish young woman in tue East
whom he had never seen. She wanted his
photograph, an he sent her that OF a hotel
heeper OF he pace. She was 50 pleased with
IL mat she agreed to go To Dakota and AIRY
her CORES ondent She started alone and
arrived at Carbonate the other day.. but The
young man had fled. The paper that rep RS
me occurrence says: The situation is very
embarrassing for the lady. The hotel man
would marry her were he not engaged to an
other girl"
"A BOSTON NEWSPAPER tells how thoroughly
the young women OF the Hub enjoy the Shelley
readings and appreciate the poetry. go
thou to Rome" began the reader. Don't |
wish could" was the remark + m, mner
thlnk those lines are del shtful. don't your
lie goes right 10 the heart" After a long
silence in the corner, while the melOdlous
voice Of the reader seemed to bring a forceI
fulness of all earthly things to the cub:
say" whispered a young LADY. 'isn,t he
loyelyP ''Who, the reader?" No" ..Shel~
ley?" why, no; that young man with The
primrose necktie. I'm just longing to know
him. He's daisy
In curious encyclopedia, "Collier's HIS
torical Dictionary" printed In London in
lo69 and 100. the following occurs concernInr
Shakespear tspelled thus, which shows In
no" much esteem the bard was hed by the
men Of his own country q century after hi
time: "Shaks SD az W lIam) burl in Strait
lUrd-on-Ayou. IN WGrwickshIre, a somewhar
famed poet, but OF no great learning winch
made HIM 20 much the more a ImiTrd IN
genius was jocular, but when so dspo. Ell he
could be very serious; he did so excel. boIh
IN tTagedie- ana Comedies, that he WAS ahle
10 make III ,raclitus laugh and DemucriIus
weep. HE mad many witty com oats with Rem
OF either side" And this l. all that il san
about MN In great quarto Unabridged en-
cyciop9dia.
THE queerest town know OF in this mart
Of the country" said commercial Traveller
''ls at Milledgevle, Ill. For some reason or |
other the railroad people and the principal |
owner OF the town site had falling out. aud
the railroad decided to start q new Town
Through the company's influence a brick
blocS WIS put nile or more away from The
old town. but nearer the station ana sde
tracks. That block contains nj ne store room.
On he hrst moor, and a large number of OFF res